Sketches of History, Politics and Manners: Taken in Dublin, and the North of Ireland, in the Autumn of 1810 ...C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1811 - 294 pages |
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... drank , sung , and quarrelled during the whole of the jour- ney ; I do not suppose there ever was a more noisy coach , since coaches were first invented . A mill was the temple of silence in comparison ; one of them , an old B2 3 Bell's ...
... drank , sung , and quarrelled during the whole of the jour- ney ; I do not suppose there ever was a more noisy coach , since coaches were first invented . A mill was the temple of silence in comparison ; one of them , an old B2 3 Bell's ...
Page 19
... drank more than I intended on going in , but the conviviality was so general , that I thought it did not become me to be an excep- tion to it . Foote was once asked if he had ever been at Cork , during his residence in Ireland ? No , he ...
... drank more than I intended on going in , but the conviviality was so general , that I thought it did not become me to be an excep- tion to it . Foote was once asked if he had ever been at Cork , during his residence in Ireland ? No , he ...
Page 30
... drank his Majesty's health . I hope this is not true . About to be launched into eternity , the most outrageous royalist troubles himself little about kings ; but in a man of his prejudices and opinions , such a toast could only be ...
... drank his Majesty's health . I hope this is not true . About to be launched into eternity , the most outrageous royalist troubles himself little about kings ; but in a man of his prejudices and opinions , such a toast could only be ...
Page 38
... drank his health , and wore his colours ; damned his enemies , and swore let others do as they chose , but he would never forsake him .--- He was huzzaing with great strength of lungs , in Piccadilly , when one of the Dragoons gave him ...
... drank his health , and wore his colours ; damned his enemies , and swore let others do as they chose , but he would never forsake him .--- He was huzzaing with great strength of lungs , in Piccadilly , when one of the Dragoons gave him ...
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... drank his porter with a much less warlike air than formerly ; though now , I understand , he gives himself great credit for the desperate battle he fought with an armed Dragoon . The day was fine , and we had a delightful walk through ...
... drank his porter with a much less warlike air than formerly ; though now , I understand , he gives himself great credit for the desperate battle he fought with an armed Dragoon . The day was fine , and we had a delightful walk through ...
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